THE USE OF JOÃO REDONDO'S THEATRE AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL FOR INTERVENTION IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CLASSES
João Redondo ; Theater; Mamulengo; Cordel Literature; Teaching of the Portuguese Language.
This work has the general objective of developing a pedagogical, practical, and reflective intervention on the effective incorporation of João Redondo's theater in the teaching of the Portuguese Language, using Ariano Suassuna's play "Torturas de um Coração" as a reference. The research seeks to mitigate the growing disinterest in reading and the difficulties in comprehension and writing observed in students of Elementary School II, a phenomenon intensified in the post-pandemic scenario of Covid-19. The adopted methodology is qualitative, based on action research, directly involving the 9th-grade students of a state school in Santa Cruz/RN as collaborators. The intervention was structured through a didactic sequence (DS) that aligns with the principles of active methodologies, promoting student protagonism and meaningful learning. The theoretical foundation is broadly based on the Bakhtin Circle (Bakhtin, Voloshinov, and Medvedev), which understands discursive genres as social and dialogical practices, and language as a social and ethical event. The pedagogical operationalization of genres in the classroom is discussed by authors such as Marcuschi (2008) and Schneuwly and Dolz (2004). Theater as a teaching-learning strategy is based on studies by Leite (2015), Oliveira (2024), and authors who address puppet theater (Macêdo, 2019; Santos, 2018; Jasiello, 2003). Cordel literature is analyzed as a discursive genre in Abreu (2011) and Marques and Silva (2020). The principles of action research are addressed by Thiollent (2011) and Franco (2021). The expected results indicate that the integration of João Redondo's theater and Cordel Literature in the teaching of the Portuguese Language promotes the development of linguistic, expressive, cognitive, and social competencies, aligning with the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and the National Curricular Parameters (PCNs). The proposal values cultural and linguistic diversity, fosters student protagonism, and contributes to the formation of critical subjects who are aware of their identity.